spokane state of mind

[alee_grrl]

My non-vacation has gone well so far, though I spend a few minutes every day wishing I were home in Vermont. It is heart breaking to see my grandmother struggle so much with every thought. She refuses to use her oxygen consistently despite her COPD and doesn't understand that lack of sufficient oxygen is one of the reasons her memory and cognitive functioning are suffering so. She wants to blame it all on the high dose of prednisone that she was on, which may well have contributed to the problem. Her sister was the only one here when she was in the hospital and when she saw her doctor after she was released. Unfortunately her sister's memory is not much better. So there is much confusion over just which pills she is supposed to be taking. Icalled the docs office this morning and left a message. Will call again in the a.m..

Both grandma and dad are incredibly hard of hearing and both are touchy about a lot of things. Things are very tense in the house. We are making headway (mostly thanks to my uncle and his wife) on talking grandma around to assisted living. I am going to call and set up an appointment for us to go visit the top choice later this week. My uncle will be back on sunday and will take over from there. My dad is doing his best to help, but is having a hard time with the whole situation. He is not the most patient of people and gets very frustrated when we have to have the same conversations with grandma everyday.

I am holding up rather well and remembering to take care of myself too. Will be glad to hea home on Saturday though. The foldable cane I got made a world of difference traveling though. Please forgive any typos and strange words. I am typing this on my Kindle Fire, and autocorrect is a vicious evil thing.

Comments

[untonuggan]

Glad the cane worked out well! *hug*

*sends good thoughts*

[alee_grrl]

Thank you for the good thoughts.

[sulien]

Have a safe trip when you head home. I hope you get a chance to do a little sight seeing while you're in Spokane and get to enjoy the warm, dry weather. Hopefully, next time you'll have an opportunity to visit the Olympic Peninsula as well. *hugs*

Also, best of luck with your Grandma. I hope you find a good assisted living facility and convince her to move there, and use her oxygen.

[alee_grrl]

Thank you. ::hugs back::

Hopefully next time I'm out this way I'll be able to visit the area out near you. :)

[riazendira]

Hey you - Glad to hear things are manageable. Been missing you on gchat this week. :-D Will possibly have word pressies for you upon your return. I will think good thoughts for things with your family to go forth on an up-note. *hugs*

[alee_grrl]

I've mostly been using my kindle this week which makes chatting very difficult. Word prezzies would be much appreciated when I get home. :) thank you for the good thoughts.

Grandma

[(Anonymous)]

I've been thinking of you and the touch spot you're in. Keep up the good work. See you Saturday night! Tam

Re: Grandma

[alee_grrl]

Thanks, Tam. Can't wait to see you Saturday night.